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You had a choice. Drive for Celadon until you found something better.....or walk. You chose to walk. Why cry about your choice? Perhaps you will find the money you want to make in the Chicago area. I doubt it. I'm not trying to be ignorant towards you......But you did make a choice. If you want to try something different, get in touch with Ergon Trucking and see if you can get hooked up with them hauling oil in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. You would make about what you have been averaging at Glenn Moore....if not 1/2 again as much more. Ergon Trucking, Inc. Employment |
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With the "back door" means that Celadon used to put one of their competing companies out of business, I've never had any respect for them. I would not be the least bit surprised they went about it the same way M S Carriers did. Total and complete surprise. I've always ranked them somewhere along with (not so) Swift. |
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I didn't quit nor was I fired. I NEVER WORKED FOR CELADON...NOR WOULD I EVER! I worked for USF Glen Moore dba YRC Glen Moore. Celadon bought the assets and shut the doors on Glen Moore! THE COMPANY I WORKED FOR NO LONGER EXISTS! Celadon forced me and every other driver (GLEN MOORE EMPLOYEEs), my load (A GLEN MOORE LOAD), my company truck (A GLEN MOORE TRUCK AND TRAILER) to Indy where they stranded me. Glen Moore would've made arrangements to get me home even I decided to quit. That's the difference between these run of the mill companies that don't give a flying flock about people! Frankly, it puzzles me that you are trying to justify the mistreatment of drivers because of greed...just because you work for Celadon! That is why cheap freight companies have and will continue to mistreat drivers...and the industry treatment of drivers, pay, etc. went to hell...because people just shrug like it's no big deal. Steering wheel holding puppets who need to be micromanaged and don't know the difference are a dime a dozen. |
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I have 34-1/2 months experience, hazmat, tanker, doubles/triples, a passport, no tickets, no DUIs and no criminal record. I should be able to find something decent after the holidays. (Celadon gave me a sheet saying I only have 25 months experience for whatever reason...which is completely inaccurate!) |
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None of us received any letters whatsoever. We found out on December 15th about 3:30PM via a Qualcomm message (wherever we happened to be with our loads). I actually just left home to go back out again on the 12th (from time off at home). I do understand YRC is/was having financial issues. The Yellow-Roadway merger came at a bad time and the economy went down the toilet. They laid off a lot of drivers. For the sake of all of the drivers and employees that still work there, I hope they can turn it around. Celadon is a huge downgrade that involves a lot of complications, a significant pay cut (among other things), and it's not really a "choice". It was more like a forced ultimatum. You couldn't even get a straight answer about anything from Sell-a-con when you asked specific questions. It's like o........k! All of the Glen Moore drivers I talked to either left or were searching for other work. It wasn't a feasible option for me (and most GM drivers) for many reasons. You are right about Chicago though. I don't plan on staying in Chicago and was actually about to transfer/move when this happened. I did put aside a significant amount while working for Glen Moore. I'm not married and don't have children. I do have some time to job hunt and find something significantly better. I will check out Ergon. Thanks for the recommendation! |
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That sums it up pretty well! If they actually told us ahead of time, Celadon would have had to pay to recover all of the trucks and loads to their seedy operations, too...instead of the underhanded way they did it for a lot less money. I parked at USF Holland's terminal which they don't own. I know numerous drivers (all over the country) who didn't live near Carlisle or White Pine, parked at 'non-Glen Moore' YRC locations (Holland, Yellow-Roadway, etc.). |
I just love it how you're pissed at Celadon not telling you about the buyout and not Glen Moore. You also keep saying how great you were paid - maybe that's why they went out of business.
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Malaki its sounds like your a good driver that cares about your job. Which is hard to come by now a days. But Celadon could careless if you leave 2morrow. Or have one little mess up and they will get rid of you. |
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